Windows Server 2008

ISA Server 2006 cant authenticate Windows Server 2008 Doman controller

My domain level is windows server 2003 full edition, I have 2 DC, one with fsmo is a windows server 2003 the other is a windows server 2008. The windows server 2008 has been upgraded from windows server 2003 a few month ago and has been working fine.. Recently isa server 2006 was restarted and...

Windows Server 2008 3rd party firewall

I am looking to install a 3rd party firewall on my Windows Server 2008. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks

Windows and Exchange Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007

Dear Friends, I desperately need help from you guys. Currently I am having two IBM XSeries 225 server with me. One of it is a DC on Windows Server 2003 and also having Exchange Server 2003 in it. The DC is replicating with the other Server. There is no major functionality of the second server. ...

Windows Server 2008 virtual machine in VMware ESXi server?

Can I install a virtual machine in Windows Server 2008 Ent x64 Edition which is a VM in VM Ware ESXi server?

Hyper-V performance of virtual machines on Windows Server 2008

Is there a noticeable performance of virtual machines if Hyper-V is used on a Windows Server 2008 Core installation vs. Windows Server 2008 Full install?

restore VM not enough space....

made a .xva file from a W2k8 server with a 2TB storage connection and the VM itself is positioned on a 500Gb storage. After rebuilding the Xen environment the 2Tb is available but of course empty. Restoring 4 other W2k8 VM's went fine. But now on this one the system says: Importing VM.... the...

Remote access on Windows Server 2008

Is it possible to limit remote access to my windows server 2008 so that you can remote connect only to the console session?

Exchange 2007 MMC in Windows 2008 not showing All Storage Groups

Hi We are testing our exchange backup software with different OS and Exchange.We have Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003 as well as Windows 2008.We are using MSDN CD's for testing.In all the Windows 2008 Exchange 2007 machines, when we open the Exchange MMC under server configuration ---> mailbox,...

Windows Server 2003 SP1 and child domain to Windows Server 2008

I have windows server 2008 domain controller, I want to join the windows server 2003 SE SP1 as child domain of windows server 2008 . An error occurs which says that windows version is not compatible to do this job. What is my issue

How to configure a small office network with Windows Server 2008

i am vista user, my office have 6staff ( maximum are using XP sp2 os) and i would like to get information about the set up of server 2008. i have server and it is not configured for log in to it, i have connect server into network. yes they can connect server as usual they connect in LAN to other...

What is the safest way to upgrade a Windows 2000 Domain Controller to Win2k3 or Win2k8?

I have an ailing Windows 2000 server that was the soul server for many years. I am looking to retire this box and want to introduce a new server to act as the domain controller and whatever other roles it is providing. What is the best practice to introduce a new domain controller?

Windows Server 2008 Hyper V virtual machine not restarting

When i restore my Windows Server 2008 hyper V from backup the virtual machine does not restart. I don't receive any error messages. Any ideas of how to troubleshoot?

Windows 2008 study guides

Hi can anyone post the link for free download of windows 2008 study guide

Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Server 2008 installation error

Virtual server 2005 R2 running on Windows server 2003 SP2 Enterprise edition .when i try to install Windows server 2008 using the ISO image attached to VM. I keep getting this error: "Windows installation has encountered an error and needs to be restarted." Any Suggestions?

Prevent Software Installation on Clients Windows Server 2008

Can someone tell me how difficult it is to remove Installation rights from a group of users who use workstations on a Win2008 network? I've been told that doing so requires one to do a file audit of all files on the workstations to find out which programs need to write to the local disks to allow...

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Server 2008 installation issue

I have Virtual Server 2005 R2 running on Windows Server 2003 SP2. When i try to install Windows Server 2008 with the ISO attached toVM i get the message that "installation has encountered and error and need to restart"

Microsoft Sequel Server 2005 VSS backup

What's seems to have happened is that the SQLVDI.dll files in the 2 directories: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM are out of sync. This seems to have happened as a result of a service pack for MSSQL which was applied in Dev. The...

Windows Server 2008 computer needs a name change

The short: We have a Windows Server 2008 computer that needs a name change. How much trouble will this cause for the domain? The Long: At a charity that refurbishes computers for people with low incomes, someone installed a server with Windows Server 2008 and made it a domain (a workgroup would...

Configureing DTC in Windows 2008 64 bit clustering with SQL 2008 std 64 bit

I have read some limited blogs and kb articles about this DTC setup in windows 2008 clustering with SQL 2008. I like to get some clarification about this DTC setup. Our shop doesn't use distributed transactions but we do use transactional replication. So our DTC is mostly used in SQL related...

The SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER) service terminated unexpectedly.

We have installed sql server 2008 (64 bit) on windows server 2008 enterprise edition, in which around 10 jobs to populate the dimensions from relational db to analysis cubes. I am frequently facing the same error and the services gets stopped. "The SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER)...